Jared Mitchell

Eastern League: Elliott Blair hit a go-ahead two-run home run in the fifth inning of Richmond's 5-4 win at Altoona, ensuring a berth in the four-team league playoffs for the Flying Squirrels. Jack Snodgrass (11-6) pitched seven innings to earn the win. He allowed just one run on four hits. He did walk five, but struck out seven and induced two double-plays. The Curve, Pittsburgh's Double-A affiliate, scored three runs in the eighth inning to pull within one. But Phil McCormick got the final out of the eighth, and Hunter Strickland pitched the ninth for a save. The Flying Squirrels, who began the night with a two-game lead over Akron in the Western Division, increased the...

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